Thomas Cook Collapse Left $180M Burden On UK Taxpayer

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Repatriating Thomas Cook customers was costly for the UK.
Credit: Thomas Cook
LONDON—British taxpayers have so far paid £156 million ($180 million) responding to the collapse of leisure company and airline Thomas Cook. The costs are primarily borne from the British government’s decision to create its own airline to repatriate 140,000 vacationers following the September 2019...
Tony Osborne

Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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